Optical properties of paper and polyethylene mulches used for weed control in lettuce

HortScience

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 87-91

  Brault, D ^a   Stewart, K A ^a   Jenni, S ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cyperus esculentus; Lactuca sativa; Light reflection; Light transmission; Mulch decomposition; Organic soil; Plastic mulch

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; LATEXES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PLASTICS;

MULCHES;

WEED CONTROL;

CYPERUS; CYPERUS ESCULENTUS; LACTUCA; LACTUCA SATIVA;

EID: 0036199406     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.37.1.87     Document Type: Article

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3. Mulch paper in vegetable production
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5. Facteurs impliqués dans la levée des mauvaises herbes au champ
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7. Selective wavelength transmitting mulch for yellow nutsedge control
8. Weed competition in drilled summer lettuce
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10. Spiny amaranth (Amaranthus spinosus L.), a serious competitor to crisphead lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.)
11. Reproductive potential of Cyperus esculentus by tubers